Sunday, August 7, 2011

"Not" Back To School Blog Hop: School Room Week

It's time once again for more blog hopping with Heart of the Matter! This week she has us all focusing on the room we'll be schooling in. I sort of chuckle at that, because I'm almost positive that we'll be schooling just about everywhere. Zep and I prefer to kick our legs up on the living room coffee table to do his work. And I'm longing for the days when cooler weather heads our way, so we can throw out a blanket in the backyard and do our assignments in the beautiful outdoors!

But...I did prepare a room! Let me just say, I LOVE IKEA! For a cheap fix for any room it's the way to go. We started organizing this room back in May and it finally was complete this week. I'm excited to show it to you all...

The wall of IKEA shelving...

I'm still trying to figure out how I need to organize everything. I suppose that once I have a little more experience I'll get a system down. For right now I have each of the kids books grouped together. I took an area for myself. And, of course, all shelves within the reach of the babe are dedicated to her toys! The boys have desks together, and I put a smaller table by the windows for days that Sunshine feels compelled to eat color with crayons! :)

The bookcases are from the Billy collection at IKEA. They even sell doors for the shelves that cost about $10 each. You can see the one I bought on the far left. The desks are also from IKEA. Each desk cost $10. They're pretty sturdy for being so cheap. They're a bit tall, so you'll either have to buy adjustable chairs or look into the adjustable legs for the table instead of the ones I have pictured here. Lastly, the chairs are also IKEA, but I don't suggest those.

My desk area...

I've had these desks forever! They were my daddy's and now they'll be used to homeschool my children. This is also were the computer area will be. Hubby got me the awesome cork board; I repaid him by hanging it myself!

And that's it! I absolutely love this room now. It has changed images multiple times over the last years and this is by far my favorite look. I'm counting down the days till I'm able to ring our school bell and get our first day started!

Beautiful bright room and I LOVE bookshelves, especially your wall of shelves! Hopping over from show your room blog hop where I linked up at #207! I am also a Catholic Homeschool mom to 4. It's always great to "meet" other homeschool moms with the same faith background :) Happy schooling with your beautiful family and school room(s)! :)